More stories from the week that ended May 31 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Richard Prince’s Original exhibition on view at Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue.
- RIP: Mary Ellen Mark, who died at the age of 75 due to myelodysplastic syndrome.
- Three shot during Last Thursday art walk in Portland. People subsequently take selfies and demand ice cream.
- Maura Reilly writes about sexism in today’s art world. The following artists respond to her piece: Jamian Juliano-Villani, Cindy Sherman, Betty Tompkins, Eleanor Antin, Mickalene Thomas, and K8 Hardy.
- Tania Bruguera detained in Cuba during Havana Biennial.
- Dai Jianyong detained in China and facing five years in prison for funny image of President Xi Jinping.
- ISIS does not intend to bulldoze Palmyra architecture, but will pulverize some statues.
- Museum of Iraklio in Crete visitor trips, falls, grabs a ancient vase on the way down, and breaks it.
- A list of the 9 biggest unrecovered art heists in history.
- Atopie barricades entrance to Museum of Contemporary Art in Basel by building a brick wall.
- Shepard Fairey reveals that he is disappointed in President Obama.
- Leaked Sony emails reveal difficulties Andreas Gursky and Gagosian Gallery had in licensing superheroes.
- Qatari prime minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani actually not the buyer of $179mil. Picasso.
- Torsten Bröhan accused of fraud related to his €55mil deal with China Academy of Art Design.
- Nur Khan says that New York City’s downtown is no longer cool.
- Software can remove glare in photographs of artwork with glass covering it.
- Artnet’s 62 Women Share Their Secrets to Art World Success: Part One. And part two.
- Christie’s looks at the issue of conservation using 7 different artworks as examples.
- Andrew Russeth would like to see Christoph Büchel’s mosque project in Venice reopened.
- LA Weekly writes about Topanga Canyon’s art walk.
- Archaeologists discover 2,400-year-old solid gold “bongs” used by kings to smoke cannabis at ceremonies.
- Garage Museum of Contemporary Art opens to the public on June 12.
- Museum of Art and History, Lancaster acquires Clayton Brothers’ Wishy Washy installation piece.
- Brooklyn Museum acquires KAWS’ Along the Way sculptures and will exhibit them in its lobby.
- The National Gallery of Art acquires work by Cecily Brown, Martha Rosler, and Roni Horn.
- MOCA will honor artist and board member John Baldessari during their gala.
- Barbra Streisand donating John Singer Sargent painting to LACMA.
- Santa Monica Museum of Art has an estate sale.
- Museo Zac ai Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa to mount Hermann Nitsch exhibition.
- Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris to show Henry Darger’s work.
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts to present first exhibition of Alexander Calder’s works in Russia.
- Pompidou Center revamps presentation of its modern art collection.
- The New Yorker looks at the rise of the private art museum.
- Jasper Johns’ Foundation for Contemporary Arts now presenting artist-curated exhibitions.
- Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst, and others featured in Sculpture in the City, opening this summer in London.
- Camorra boss Egidio “Brutus” Coppola’s home to be converted into a museum.
- Market for Frida Kahlo’s works booming despite Mexico’s tough export restrictions.
- Sean Parker revealed to be buyer of Ai Weiwei Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads at Phillips.
- Chris Ofili’s The Holy Virgin Mary to be sold at Christie’s.
- Sotheby’s lists Michael Jackson’s former Neverland Ranch estate for sale at $100mil.
- Profile of the Suicide Girls. Suicide Girls prints the same Instagram posts that Richard Prince did and sells them for $90. They discuss their prints with The Creators Project. NPR features story on the body of work. Karley Sciortino and Anna Collins speak about their IG posts being used by Prince. Instagram states that you own your own Instagram photographs. Another look at the legality of Prince’s appropriation.
- Marina Picasso selling her grandfather’s work as an act of therapy and to fund charitable causes.
- A look at the market for Nazi art.
- WSJ covers Artsy’s algorithm art auction.
- NPR explores online art sales platforms, like Paddle8 and Artsy, with commentary by William Powhida. Art Market Monitor comments on Powhida’s thoughts.
- Alain Servais gives his thought’s on today’s art market.
- Judd Tully and Scott Reyburn discuss the May NY art auctions on the Artelligence podcast.
- Kenny Schachter shares some art dealing shenanigans he’s observed or experienced.
- Jennifer Bartlett offering her Clinton Hill home on the market for $8.5mil.
- A look at the next generation of Berlin art dealers.
- 9 fashion designers that also have nice art collections.
- WSJ writes about the launch of Cultivist.
- ArtTactic talks to ExhibitionA.
- A look at Oliver Laric’s show at Austrian Cultural Forum.
- Contemporary Art Daily covers the Darja Bajagić and Aleksander Hardashnakov show at Croy Nielsen.
- Adhoc interviews Derek Paul Boyle.
- Images from Michael Manning’s Sticky Bumps show at Sommer Gallery.
- UCI pays tribute to Chris Burden, who got his MFA there in 1971.
- Daily Bruin looks at some UCLA MFAs.
- Long Giang Dang Laundry show includes Larry Clark, Ed and Deanna Templeton, Jerry Hsu, and more.
- Artadia gives grants to all finalists, including Park MacArthur and Eric Mack, for its award finalists.
- LA Times visits Eve Fowler’s show at Mier Gallery.
- Jerry Saltz writes about Richard Prince’s Instagram works.
- Yin Xiuzhen and Song Dong make a series of chopstick works.
- Rhode Island School of Design to give John Waters an honorary doctoral degree.
- What will become of Emma Sulkowicz’s mattress protest piece?
- Fiona Duncan interviews Julien Ceccaldi.
- Not all of Salvador Dali’s paintings may have been painted by his hand.
- Vulture takes a look at Jeffrey Deitch’s Coney Island street art.
- Leon Ewing wants to give kids controlled doses of marijuana in order to stimulate their creativity.
- Christie’s profiles Cai Guo-Qiang.
- Mel Bochner silver bracelet avaialble from Whitney Shop.
- Gabriel Orozco limited edition boomerang available.
- Sylvester Stallone talks about painting.
- Shia LaBeouf collaborates with graduating students at Central St. Martins.
- Vincent van Gogh lookalike Robert Reynolds getting a web series.
- Kim Kardashian West, outsider artist.
